One of the things we pride ourselves on doing well at CCG is planning. We help clients organize their lives, set appropriate priorities and develop intricate strategies for accomplishing their goals. Well, sometimes s***, er, the unpredictable happens.
One of our Senior Associates recently had an experience that tested the mettle of any planner. David Boult’s daughter Sarah, had always wanted a home birth. Despite her best efforts, her first two children Penny Moon and Leon, had other plans and with much drama were born in hospitals. For her third much anticipated child, Sarah thought she would play it safe and have the baby at the hospital but enjoy the comforts of home until it was time to go to the hospital.
Well, things were going swimmingly through the afternoon and early evening this past Monday at the Boult residence. Sarah’s midwife arrived, David prepared a great pesto pasta dinner with a salad from his garden, bit of wine, some laughs – everything was great.
As the contractions began to grow more frequent and intense, the party moved upstairs to the main bedroom which had been turned into a pre-birthing nirvana – scented candles, bubble bath, Joni Mitchell in the background – you get the picture.
Things began to get a little more exciting when Sarah’s water broke and it quickly became evident that the baby preferred a home birth. In short, all hell broke loose (at least in the eyes of the nervous grandfather who was busily ripping up the last of his wife’s favourite sheets and boiling various cauldrons of water on the kitchen stove). In short, there was at one point eleven adults in the bedroom including two paramedics, five midwives (two students), various paparazzi, and one very green uncle Connor, David’s son.
Suffice it to say, the event ended happily with the arrival of Jacob Milos Aarons Wright at 12:55 a.m. weighing in at 7.6 pounds. With everyone healthy and safe, the last of the guests left at 5:15 a.m.
Oh, and the new granite kitchen counter arrived at 9:35 the next morning weighing in at 450 pounds. Now that is good planning.
Well, things were going swimmingly through the afternoon and early evening this past Monday at the Boult residence. Sarah’s midwife arrived, David prepared a great pesto pasta dinner with a salad from his garden, bit of wine, some laughs – everything was great.
As the contractions began to grow more frequent and intense, the party moved upstairs to the main bedroom which had been turned into a pre-birthing nirvana – scented candles, bubble bath, Joni Mitchell in the background – you get the picture.
Things began to get a little more exciting when Sarah’s water broke and it quickly became evident that the baby preferred a home birth. In short, all hell broke loose (at least in the eyes of the nervous grandfather who was busily ripping up the last of his wife’s favourite sheets and boiling various cauldrons of water on the kitchen stove). In short, there was at one point eleven adults in the bedroom including two paramedics, five midwives (two students), various paparazzi, and one very green uncle Connor, David’s son.
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| New Grandpa and granddaughter Penny Moon's reaction to the arrival of Jacob Milos Aarons Wright. |
Oh, and the new granite kitchen counter arrived at 9:35 the next morning weighing in at 450 pounds. Now that is good planning.
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